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Phillip Smith

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Covers:  data journalism, news and innovation, journalism, technology, hacking, data visualization, publishing and innovation
My passion is helping: 💰 1. Newsrooms make more money; 📈 2. News startups grow their audience; 🔥 3. Journalists succeed as entrepreneurs. Let's talk 📩

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Phillip Smith is a digital journalism specialist. He currently writes for the award-winning online regional daily news site, TheTyee.ca, and has a regular column covering "news technology" on PBS Mediashift Idea Lab.

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Jim Jennings: Canadians should be "scared shitless"

Jim Jennings: Canadians should be "scared shitless"

Whether you believe it's one of the most exciting times to work in journalism, or one of the scariest times, …

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Responsive vs. Adaptive Design: Mobile Strategies of Top News Sites

Responsive vs. Adaptive Design: Mobile Strategies of Top News Sites

Responsive vs. Adaptive Design: Mobile Strategies of Top News Sites After a short hiatus to focus on the Prov…

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Ranking the Slowest-Loading News Sites and How They Can Speed Up

Ranking the Slowest-Loading News Sites and How They Can Speed Up

I present your winner (or loser?) for slowest loading feature article, the Chicago Tribune, at 16.68 seconds,…

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How Journalists Can Think Like Programmers

How Journalists Can Think Like Programmers

I'm working on a fun little project at the moment that involves pulling data out of a Google Spreadsheet that…

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Investigating the Technology Underlying Top News Organizations

Investigating the Technology Underlying Top News Organizations

What I’ve decided to try is an experiment: a structured investigation into the technology behind some of the …

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The Tyee - Idea #10: The Reinvention of Nearly Everything

The Tyee - Idea #10: The Reinvention of Nearly Everything

How open ideas, venture collectivism and the hacker ethic are changing the world.

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Hemp-Based Plastic Offers Green Alternative to Plastic Packaging

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By Phillip Smith
| Yahoo Finance Verified
Many ubiquitous plastics we use for everything from water bottles to food packaging to substrates for flexible electronics are made from petroleum-based materials such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which not only consume large quantities of fossil fuels but also break down into tiny particles called "microplastics." These particles leach chemicals, including PET, into our air, water, and food, and are linked to inflammation and cell damage.
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Congress Is Unlikely To Prevent A New Federal Ban On Hemp THC Products This Year, Top Marijuana Reform Group Says

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By Phillip Smith
| Marijuana Moment Verified
“There may be some fiddling around the edges with THC limits and maybe with beverages.” By Phillip Smith, The American Hemp Monitor Congress is unlikely to do anything to undo the hemp ban it passed last year, and that will have devastating consequences for the hemp cannabinoid industry, leaders of the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) said in a Wednesday Zoom call.
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Hemp at the Statehouse: Legislative Update, May 14, 2026

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By Phillip Smith
| Yahoo Finance Verified
Things are quieting down a bit as state legislatures wind up their business. Still, the US Hemp Roundtable continues to monitor hemp-related legislation in the states, and this week it is keeping a watchful eye on at least three states where action is pending. Without further ado: A bill that would restructure the state's cannabis and hemp legal framework, House Bill 5350, has passed both chambers and is now on Gov. Ned Lamont's (D) desk.
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